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Interview with Lee Chae-young
Lee Chae-young shares what she looks for in a role, non-acting interests, and more
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Baek Bo-ram shares her fitness and happiness rituals
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Comedian Jang Do-yeon talks de-stressing and some of her current joys in life
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Ham Eun-jung talks about what roles she'd like to tackle and her fans
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Oh Chang-seok talks about role prep and wisdom for budding actors
Drama Casting & News
Kim Sun-ho releases official apology, will step down from 1N2D and upcoming movie
by stroopwafel
Drama Casting & News
Tracking down dirty money in new drama Tracer with Im Shi-wan, Go Ah-sung
by tineybeanie
My Dear Youth: Coffee Prince (Review)
by Anisa
In 2007, a chaebol heir turned reluctant coffeeshop manager and a poor Taekwondo instructor fell in love, overcoming misunderstandings, lies, class differences and first loves. The show became a sensation that...
Tags: Chae Jung-ahn, Coffee Prince, featured2, Gong Yoo, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Jae-wook, Lee Eon, Lee Seon-kyun, Yoon Eun-hye
Top 10 favorite drama OTPs (One True Pairings)
by DB Staff
javabeans: Okay, I think we were being punished in this list for saying how easy the last one was (in picking our top 10 drama tropes), because damn if picking our...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, 1% of Anything, Coffee Prince, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, Goong, Healer, King 2 Hearts, lists, Master's Sun, Ojakkyo Brothers, Princess's Man, Queen In-hyun's Man, You From Another Star
Top 10 gateway dramas to hook your friends on
by DB Staff
javabeans: Happy New Year, happy tenth anniversary, happy 2017, happy everything-that-will-be-better-than-2016! girlfriday: Yay, I’ve never been happier for a new year to start! I still can’t believe Dramabeans is...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1997, Boys Before Flowers, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Descended From the Sun, Dramabeans Top 10, featured, I Hear Your Voice, lists, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Nice Guy, Nine: Nine Time Travels, Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Thing vs. Thing: Image ruinations
by javabeans
javabeans: With She Was Pretty, Answer Me 1988, and the upcoming Oh My Venus in our collective consciousness at the moment, we're reminded once again that dramaland loves its image ruinations....
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Answer Me 1994, Coffee Prince, conversation post, featured, Go Ara, Honey Lee, Hwang Jung-eum, Hyeri, Kim Sun-ah, Modern Farmer, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Oh My Venus, Shin Mina, Thing vs. Thing, Yoon Eun-hye
Our love-hate relationship with drama remakes and adaptations
by javabeans
"They're remaking another drama?" *Boo, hiss, wails.* I'm pretty sure that's a familiar script for most of us who've been following dramaland for a while, and one that's cropped up...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, adaptations, Boys Before Flowers, Cantabile Tomorrow, City Hunter, Coffee Prince, Fated To Love You, Gaksital, Hana Yori Dango, Liar Game, Misaeng, Nodame Cantabile, Pretty Man, remakes, Strike Love, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Surplus Princess, The Moon That Embraces the Sun, Three Musketeers
Romantic-comedy drama recommendations
by javabeans
Since I've had a lot of requests for drama recommendations following You're Beautiful, I thought I'd put this up as its own post. I may be spotty with some of...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bad Family, Coffee Prince, Dal Ja's Spring, Delightful Girl Chun-hyang, Fantasy Couple, Full House, Goong, Hong Gil Dong, My Girl, My Name Is Kim Sam-soon, Soulmate, The Last Scandal of My Life, What's Up Fox
First-date dramas
by javabeans
I was thinking how I've been watching lots of first episodes of dramas these days, but haven't found anything to dive into since the end of Who Are You? It's...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Bulhandang/Robbers, Coffee Prince, Hong Gil Dong, I Love You, Iljimae, La Dolce Vita, On Air, Rivals, Spotlight, The Last Scandal of My Life, Tokyo Showers, Who Are You? (MBC), Why Did You Come To Our House, Yi San
The Year in Review, Part 3: Dahee Fanel’s drama round-up
by Dahee_Fanel
[And now for Dahee Fanel's comprehensive take on the past year! --javabeans] First of all, I'd like to bow my head in deep gratitude to Javabeans, the highly esteemed writer...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Coffee Prince, Dae Jang Geum, Dal Ja's Spring, Devil, Insoon Is Pretty, King and I, Legend, Madam Ah Hyun Dong, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, My Man's Woman, Surgeon Bong Dal Hee, Taereung National Village, Thank You, Time of Dog and Wolf, White Tower, year in review, year in review 2007, Yi San
The Year in Review, Part 1: The Best of 2007
by javabeans
A month ago, I asked y'all, How was 2007 for you? I was thinking of the year-end wrap-up I would be writing, and wanted to see how you thought the dramas...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Coffee Prince, Dal Ja's Spring, Flowers For My Life, Mixed-up Investigative Agency, Que Sera Sera, Story of Hyang Dan, year in review, year in review 2007
Coffee Prince Behind-the-Scenes Special
by javabeans
(Someone should Photoshop Gong Yoo's head into this pic. PS challenge anyone? ;) ) I don't have that much to say about the Coffee Prince special -- first because a lot...
Tags: Coffee Prince